Gohmert At CPAC: 'Vietnam Was Winnable but People in Washington Decided We Would Not Win it'

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Thursday, 3/14/2013 10:56 am

While speaking on a panel entitled "Too Many American Wars? Should We Right Anywhere and Can We Afford It?" at CPAC, Rep. Louie Gohmert kicked off his remarks by railing against the handling of the Vietnam War, asserting that "Vietnam was winnable but people in Washington decided we would not win it!"

Gohmert went on to declare that if the US had made just one more week's worth of bombing runs over Vietnam, the Viet Cong would have surrendered unconditionally: